The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) welcomes the announcement of the resumption of the cruise ships market into Fiji, with the first of 39 vessels to arrive in August. The Fijian Government, through the COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Taskforce (CRMT) recently announced the resumption of the cruise ships market into Fiji. According to the Fiji Bureau of ... read more
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The Pacific Tourism Organisation was among 20 other participants from government, private sector, Civil Society Organisations, regional organisations and partners at the recent IUCN Oceania validation workshop meeting in Suva. The one-day validation workshop met on the proposed policy recommendations for plastic leakage reduction in Fiji targeting three sectors: Waste Management, Tourism, and Fisheries. An ... read more
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(June 2022) Stanley Restaurant, Brisbane. A private gathering of Queensland’s tourism trade were treated to an ‘evening in Fiji’ at Stanley Restaurant, Brisbane, Australia. The event, hosted by Stanley Restaurant’s head chef Louis Tikaram and Nanuku Resort’s general manager, Logan Miller officially revealed a new partnership. In true Fijian style the evening connected guests with ... read more
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Tourism Solomons has welcomed the resumption of flight between the Solomon Islands and Fiji from 02 July 2022, seeing the move as a major step towards the country re-joining the world after a more than two-year border closure. As importantly, the national tourist office sees the move as being critical in US travellers once again ... read more
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The Pacific Tourism Organisation hosted a one-day training for its staff on its procurement processes and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework. For the MEL training, the objectives of the workshop were to: Provide an introduction to what monitoring, evaluating, and learning frameworks are. Raise awareness of the important role MEL plays in the planning ... read more
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